Tag Archives: pension reform

Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s attempt to cut rising costs in public pensions is prompting 2,000 irate state and local workers to hold a demonstration as the Legislature shows just lukewarm support for his budget proposal. The American Federation of State, County ...

After 14 months in office riding exceptionally high poll numbers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s favorability and job performance ratings dropped a bit, and most New Yorkers see little improvement in key issues, according to a poll released Monday. The Siena College ...

Call him Gov. Gumby. That’s how New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo describes his “flexibility” as a governor. Gumby is the innocent character in a 1960s children’s show who was made of clay and posed for stop-action animation. [dmc-related-post-wp numitems="3" title="Also ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo told the Legislature on Wednesday that he’s willing to risk a shut-down of government to create a cheaper pension system for the next generations of public workers. “It is one of the seminal clashes of this budget ...

Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy stopped by the Long Island Association headquarters in Melville today with a big, hypothetical check for the region’s county executives. Instead of a real check, Duffy informed Nassau and Suffolk county executives Ed Mangano and Steve ...

With a little cheerleading, a little cajoling and a little threatening, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has turned his 2012-13 budget into a rallying cry for reform of the status quo in Albany, demonizing some of its most powerful public labor unions. ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo presented a proposed budget to the state Legislature today he said was easier to craft than last year’s but carried challenging reform policies that would need to be enacted if the state is to truly gain fiscal ...